My Sunday column is barely worth mentioning, as demonstrated by the number of comments (0) it received. I hope to do better some day. I did receive an email from a former telegraph operator who seemed to enjoy it. So thanks, Ernie. “73”
Arresting Development
The Bluths will return in motion picture. Apparently the entire cast of [...]

Technical difficulties prevented this from being posted yesterday.
Self Promotion
My column this month is on my undying need not to be on public display. It was inspired by a Heartland story, that ran last Friday, on two people who thrive in the spotlight.
Please Get Out of My Head!

Another columnist wrote recently on one of the [...]

The answer to this week’s trivia question is Jed Leland, as portrayed by Chevy Chase in a season one Saturday Night Live skit entitled: Citizen Kane II. When a deli delivery boy arrives at the newsroom, Leland peaks into the bag and says:
“Let’s see here, what am I, chopped liver?”
It’s a throwaway line, but as [...]

Has anyone ever told you that you look like…
Even if you don’t care for my Sunday columns that appear in the SJ-R, surely you must look forward to the investigative stories that I uncover. This week, I expose some local residents who - get this - look like celebrities. I confronted them and made them [...]

Truth in Avettising
Victor and I were tackling a fairly difficult, 300-piece jigsaw puzzle last night. We had the Avett Brothers playing on iTunes and one of us was enjoying a pale ale. The conversation had hit a lull and we both found ourselves engrossed in the challenge when the song Paronia in B Major cued [...]